BREEDING BETTER DOGS: Using Objective Truth to Avoid Kennel Blindness

Описание: Get the most out of your breeding program by avoiding kennel blindness. In this video, I outline some objective steps that breeders, trainers, and owners can take to improve their canine breeding or K9 training program. Owners can also use some of these methods to improve their relationships with their pets. Must watch before buying a dog. We also provide some tips to help people looking for the right dog, be it a pet dog, a guard dog, or a protection dog by identify some things good breeders will do.
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There are many tips in this video; however, one of the topics in this video describes the evaluation process describes how to deal with the results after testing the dog's abilities...

1. PASS - GOOD GENETICS: The dog has the desired traits and passes the tests (genetics good). Developed or not...a pass is a pass. While it is always nice to get a dog to its full potential, if the dog just came out the whelping box checking all the requirements, this is a great dog genetically. This should be a NORMAL PROCESS.

2. FAIL - GENETICS UNKNOWN: The genetic traits are uncertain in this situation because the dog lacked proper development to reach its potential. Without proper environmental stimuli, the dog's genetics remain unknown. This situation is to be AVOIDED, but it can happen...and if and when it does, the dog should be developed and retested. If imprinting phases have already passed, one can consider the dog's family and line...and make an "exception" to not cull; however, this is risky and should NOT be a normal practice because even good dog dogs from good lines that have produced well many times over can produce culls...but at the same time, one can make allowance to breed such a dog if they are SURE TO TEST the next generation PROPERLY and not continue this process because this path is a road to destruction if repeated.

3. FAIL - POOR GENETICS: The dog does NOT have the required genetic traits and failed despite the breeder doing their part to develop the dog sufficiently to test the dog's genetic potential...in which case the dog should be culled...and this too is a NORMAL PROCESS

The goal should be to drive selection towards the desired traits needed to perform. The mind and body are a key components to performance, and should be developed as needed. I wish I could say I have always developed my dogs to reach their potential, but with 30 dogs here, deaths in the family, my wife's cancer, and the illnesses of my mother, I have been guilty of #2 a few times in the last couple of years, but we are correcting that to eliminate such events in the future. Also, once our building is done, I plan on hiring a handler so I can get more done with every prospect.

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